Combined mop and wringer therefor.



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APPLICATION FILED JUNE 29, 1903.

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UNITED STATES Patented November 17, 1903.

PATENT QFFICE.

EDWARD HILKER, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

COMEfINED MOP-AND WRINGER THEREFOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 744,196, dated November 17,1903.

Application filed June 29, 1 903 have invented certain new and useful Im-' provements in a Combined Mop andWringer Therefor, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has for one ofits objects to provide a simple and efiicient apparatus to be used for scrubbing, scouring, and wiping floors or other surfaces and then wringing the mop or cloth without soiling the hands of the operator.

Another object is to so construct the device that the handle portion, which carries the wringer, may be readily attached to the mop holder orhead or to a scrub-brush and easily detached therefrom.

A further object of the invention is to so construct the mop holder or head that the mop or cloth will be held directly under the same and to prevent movement of the handle,

extension.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will be disclosed in the subjoined description and explanation. I

In order to enable others skilled in the art to which my invention pertains to make and use the same, I will now proceed to describe it, referring to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a view in side elevation of a mop and wringer embodying one form of'my invention, illustrating by dotted lines the positions the parts will assume when the mop is being wrung and by continuous lines the positions they will occupy when the device is being used for scrubbing or wiping the floor. Fig. 2 is a plan view, partly in section, with the mop-cloth removed. Fig. 3 is a detached end view of the wringer, showing a portion SerialN0. 163.519. (Nomodeld of the crank-handle thereof. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the lower portion of the handle. Fig. 5 is a similar view of a block used for securing the wringer-sleeve on the bandle. Fig. 6 is a plan view of the rear part of the mop-holder and a portion of the mopcloth. Fig. 7 is a view is side elevation, partly in section, showing a modification in the construction of the wringer and also in the means for connecting the handle to the mop holder or head. Fig. 8 is a plan view of .the modified form of the body or support for the wringergears shown in Fig. 7. Fig. 9 is an end view thereof with the protecting-ferrule in position thereon. Fig.. 10 is a face view of the blank out of which the modified form of the wringer-body or support is constructed. Fig. 11 is a plan view of a modification used for connecting the handle to the mop-holder. Fig. 12 isa perspective view of a block used in said modification. Fig. 13' is a rear'view in elevation of a portion of the handle extension and the connecting-foot used in the modification employed for connecting the handle to the mop-holder; and Fig. 14 is a plan viewof the front portion of the mopholder, showing a modification in its construction.

Like numerals of reference refer to corresponding parts throughout the different views of the drawings.

The reference-numeral represents the mop holder or head, which may be of any suitable size, form, and material, but preferably of malleable iron, and of the form shown in Fig. 2 of the drawingsthat is, an elongated open-work frame consisting of sidebars 21, joined together at their ends by means of portions 22 and 23 and having transverse parts 24., 25, and 26, the parts 24 and 25 being limited by raised bars 27,located parallel with the sides of the holder, and at a slight distance apart. Each of the bars 27 is provided at about its middle with an opening 28 to receive the ends of the handle eX- tension, which comprises a piece of wire bent to form two members 29, substantially parallel with one another, and having at their free ends outwardly-turned portions 30 to enter the openings 28 in the bars27, as isclearly shown in Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings. The lower portion of the handle 31 is provided with a transverse opening 32 to receive the upper portion of the wire 29, forming the handle extension, and below said openings with a longitudinal slot 33 to receive the crank-shaft of the wringer and a retainingblock 34, as will be presently explained. The transverse portion 22 at the front of the mopholderis preferably downtnrned and inwardly curved, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, to cause the mop or cloth 35, which is usually in the form of a hank or loop and is connected to said cross portion to lie directly under the holder. The rear portion 23 of the holder is inwardly bent, as shown, to form projections 36, between which the rear upper portion of the mop or cloth 35 will rest, thus preventing it slipping from under the holder. Instead of making the portion 22 continuous, as shown in Fig. 2, I may make it in two parts 37, as shown in Fig. 14, which construction will permit of the easy insertion of the mop or cloth. Fixed on the lower end of the handle 31,which portion is preferably reduced, as shown in Fig. 4, is a collar38, which forms a ferrule for the handle, as well as supports for the members 29 of the handle extension. This collar is provided on its lower portion with a depending bracket 39, in the lower portion of which isjournaledashaft 40,which carries on one of its ends a beveled gear 41 and has its other end formed into a broken ring or loop 42 to engage and support the upper portion of the mop or cloth 35, as is apparent. The upper end of the collar 38 is provided with openings 43 to form bearings for the crank-shaft 44, which is provided with a handle 45, used for turning the same.

By reference to Figs. 1, 2, and 3 of the drawings it will be seen that the crank-shaft passes centrally through the upper end of the collar and likewise through the lower portion of the handle. Fixed on the lower end of the crank-shaft is a beveled gear 46, which meshes with the gear 41, as is apparent. Each side of the collar 38 is provided with internally-grooved extensions 47 to receive and support the members 29, comprising the handle extension, so as to hold it in alinement with the handle. By thus constructing the handle and wringing device it is apparent that the members 29 of the handle extension may be passed through the grooves in the extensions 47 on the collar,when the same may he slid upwardly on said members, so that the crank-shaft will enter the slot 33 in the handle, when it, as well as the collar, may be securely retained by means of the retainingblock 34, which is driven into said slot.

Instead of forming the body or support for the wringer-gears 41 and 46 as shown in Figs. 1 and 3 and above described, I may make it as shown in Figs. 7 to 10, inclusive, in which case I employ a straight fiat piece of metal to form the body or support 48, having at the upper and lower portions of its upper end projections 49, which are bent to form rings or bearings 50 for the crank-shaft 44, which construction.

carries on its lower end a beveled gear 46, as in the other construction. Extending downwardly from the lower portion of the body 48 is a projection 51, which is bent at its lower end to form a ring or hearing 52 for the shaft 40, which carries on one of its ends a beveled gear 41, as in the former-described The front portion of the body 48 is provided with a reduced part 53, which is in alinement with the said body and will be surrounded by the ferrule or collar 54, whichis designed to fit on the lower end of the handle 31 and is formed on each of its sides with an internallygrooved extension 55 to receive and support the members 29, comprising the handle extension.

Instead of securing the members 29 of the handle extension directly to the mop-holder 20, as shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings, I may secure their free ends in suitable apertured lugs 56 on the lower rear portion of the detachable connecting-foot 57, which comprises a plate 58, having at its rear end an upward extension 59, which is provided near its upper end with rearwardly and inturned projections 60 to engage the extension members 29, as is clearly shown in Fig. 13 of the drawings. The plate 58 is formed with an open slot 61 to receive a retaining-screw .62, which engages a block 63, located between the transverse parts 24 and 25 and the bars 27 of the mop-holder. This block, as shown in Fig. 12, is provided at its ends with flanges 64, on which the parts 24 and 25 will rest, as is apparent. Byslotting the plate 58 it is apparent that the connecting-foot may be readily secured to the block 63 or to the body of a scrubbrush, if desired.

From the foregoing and by reference to the drawings it will be readily understood and clearly seen that by connecting one end of the mop or cloth 35 to the front portion of the holder 20, and its rear end to the hook 42 on the shaft 40, it will lie under the holder 20, so that the floor may be scrubbed or wiped thereby, in which operation it will be prevented, slipping from under the holder by reason of the inwardly-curved end portions 22 and 23, the projections 36 serving to hold the rear portion of the mop therebetween, while the inwardly-curved part 22 tends to bunch the cloth at the front end of the holder. When it is desired to wring the cloth, the holder is removed from the floor, when the crank 44 may be turned, which operation will twist the cloth and cause the holder to assume the position shown by dotted lines in Fig. 1 of the drawings.

In using the modified construction of the wringer body or support shown in Figs. 7 to 10, inclusive, it is apparent that the body 48 and extension 53 thereof will rest in the slot 33 in the lower portion of the handle 31, in which case the said slot should be made somewhat narrower, and the handle need not be reduced, as in the former construction.

Having thus fully described my invention,

what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination with the handle, of a Wringer body or support mounted on its lower end, a crank shaft journaled centrally through the handle and on the said support, a beveled gear on the crank-shaft, another shaft journaled at a right angle to the crank.- shaft and having means at one ofit-s ends to engage a mop or cloth, a beveled gear on the other end of said shaft to mesh with the gear on the crank-shaft, a handle extension comprising two members in engagement with the wringer-body and located on the sides of the handle and having engaging means at their lower ends, and means to support and secure said members on the handle, substantially as described.

2. The combination with the handle having its lower end slotted, 0f awringer body or support fixed on said end, a crank-shaft located in said slot and journaled on the upper end of said support, a beveled gear on the crankshaft, another shaft journaled at a right angle to the crank-shaft and having means at one of its ends to engage a mop or cloth, and a beveled gear on the other end of said shaft to mesh with the gear on the crank-shaft, substantially as described.

3. The combination with the handle having its lowerend slotted, of a wringer body or support mounted on said end, a crank-shaft located in said slot and journaled on the upperend of said support, a beveled gear on the crank-shaft, another shaft journaled at a right angle to the crank .-shaft and having means at one of its endsto engage a mop or cloth, a beveled gear on the other end of said shaft to mesh with the gear on the crankshaft, a handle extension comprising two members in engagement with the wringerbody and located on the sides of the handle and having engaging means at thelower ends,

and means to support and secure said members on the handle, substantially as described.

4. The combination with the handle, of a wringer-body mounted thereon and comprising a collar having internally-grooved extensions on its sides, a crank shaft journaled centrally through the handle and on the up- .per end of said support, a beveled gear on the crank-shaft, another shaft journaled on the support at a right angle to the crank-shaft and having means at one of its ends to engage a cloth or mop, a beveled gear on the other end of said shaft to mesh with the first-named gear, and a handle extension comprising two members located in the grooved extensions of the collar, a mop-holder'connected to the lower ends of said members, and a mop connected at one of its ends to the front of the holder and at its other end to said shaft, substantially as described. 7

5. The combination with a handle, of a Wringer-body mounted thereon and comprising a collar havingjinternally-grooved extensions on its sides, a crank shaft journaled centrally through the handle and on the upper end of said support, a beveled gear on the crank-shaft, another shaft journ'aled on the support at a right angle to the crankshaft and having means at one of its ends to engage a cloth or mop, a beveled gear on the other end of said shaft to mesh with the firstnamed gear, anda handle extension comprising two members located in the grooved ex tensions of the collar, a mop-holder provided with inturned ends and connected to the lower ends of said members, and a mopsecured at one of its ends to the front of the holder and at its other end to one of the wringer-shafts, substantially as described.

EDWARD HILKER. Witnesses:

CHAS. G. TILLMAN, A. GUSTAFSON. 

